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On the farmers, Nate Hagens had an interesting interview with Vandana Shiva at https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/46-vandana-shiva Vandana contends the soil is a living organism, not just a receptacle for NPK fertilizers. She distinguishes between yield and nutrition and points out that our food is becoming less nutritious due to these fertilizers. The Sri Lankan experiment in banning artificial fertilizer comes up as well.

I have the feeling that the underlying assumption of the use of artificial fertilizers is another dimension to the conflict between the Feds and farmers over reducing nitrogen runoff,

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